Naval Automation and Information Management Technology
Abstract
Military uses of unmanned systems are growing. The use of unmanned systems, particularly UAVs, in the campaign in Afghanistan and in Iraqi Freedom operations demonstrated beyond any doubt the effectiveness and viability of unmanned systems in !SR as well as weapons delivery missions. As a result, in future military scenarios, large numbers of unmanned ground, air, underwater, and surface vehicles will work together, coordinated by an ever smaller number of human operators. In order to be operationally efficient, effective and useful, these robots must have competent physical and sensing abilities, must be able to perform complex tasks semi-autonomously, must be able to coordinate with each other, and must ultimately be observable and controllable in a useful and intuitive fashion by human operators. Under the Naval Automation and Information Management Technology Program (NAlMT), The Institute for Human and Machine Cognition (IHMC) of the University of West Florida has conducted advanced research on unmanned systems in the areas of (1) unmanned underwater vehicle mobility, (2) human-agent teamwork and agile computing and (3) mixed initiative human control. Progress made in FYO3 in each of these three areas is described below.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 01, 2003
- Accession Number
- ADA432433
Entities
People
- James F. Allen
- Jeffrey Bradshaw
- Jerry Pratt
- Lucian Galescu
- Niranjan Suri
- Peter Neuhaus
Organizations
- University of West Florida